Archive for the ‘The Mall’ Category
Last Screen on the Green of the Summer
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Well, Screen on the Green is set to retire for another season. Let’s hope that it comes back again next year. Tonight’s showing will be the James Dean classic “Rebel Without a Cause.” If you haven’t been out to SCOTG yet, definitely brave the balmy evening and join the [...]
More »Screen on the Green: On the Waterfront
‘Screen on the Green – 7-14-08′ courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’ For the third movie in its ressurection run, Screen on the Green will feature On the Waterfront this evening. For those of you not in the loop, On the Waterfront is arguably one of the greatest movies of all time. It won 8 Academy Awards and [...]
More »Screen on the Green Returns Tonight!
‘Screen on the Green’ courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’ In case you didn’t already have this marked down on your calendar, Screen on the Green makes its triumphant return tonight with a showing of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” The screen will be set up on the Mall between 4th and 7th streets (you can’t miss it) and [...]
More »A Record Setting 4th for Metro
‘Metro, Orange Line train to Vienna’ courtesy of ‘GogonaÅ?’ The Business Journal reports that riders on Saturday set a new record for July 4th commuting. Metro reported 631,206 trips on their system, an increase of over 32,000 from 2008 ridership. If the masses of humanity that I saw are any indication, every last one of these trips went through [...]
More »Have You Seen This Bird?
This here is Pickles, a green and very talkative rose-ringed parakeet last seen in a tree in the Haupt Garden behind the Smithsonian Castle. Pickles’ owner Scott likes to take the bird on his shoulder, pirate-style, for walks around the National Mall on weekends, and on nice days, perch Pickles on tree branches in the [...]
More »First Look: W Hotel Washington
Yesterday I got a sneak peek at the W Hotel Washington, due to soft open next Wednesday. I’m so sorry I wasn’t allowed to photograph the interior for you. Because really, it’s absolutely gorgeous. I hope my words will give you a taste of what to expect on July 8. First off, it’s impossible to tell what [...]
More »Celebrity Sweat on the Mall
Reese Witherspoon by UltimateGraphics This just in! Some website I’ve never heard of is reporting that Reese Witherspoon, a lucky member of my top 10 20 list, was spotted being all hot and sweaty on the Mall yesterday. As you may or may not know, she’s in town filming How Do You Know with Owen [...]
More »National Museum of American History opens new Maritime Exhibit
The National Museum of American History has a beautiful new exhibit ready just in time for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. “On The Water” is an exhibit surrounding the American Maritime culture, dating back to the first explorations of the Americas, through to modern day. We’ll have a big feature on the exhibit this weekend, [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: Loose Ends
‘Three-Wheeled Taxi’ courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’ A couple of updates to tie up on the transit scene – and then I need your help! Pedicabs on the Mall: You all remember our report on the harassment of the pedicabs by the Park Police? Well, I’m happy to report that since then, there’s been no further [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: The Great Pedicab Predicament
‘Pedicab’ courtesy of ‘afagen’ Yesterday, we received a late-day heads-up from a reader that there was an issue brewing with the pedicabs that offer rides to tourists and residents along the National Mall. The entire issue seemed odd, as pedicabs have been operating on the Mall for a couple years now and haven’t had any [...]
More »A Conversation with Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton, courtesy of Tom Bridge This weekend, DC bloggers from DCist, Greater Greater Washington and We Love DC, amongst others, got a chance to sit down with DC’s Delegate to the Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton this past weekend and talk about DC Voting Rights, the recent support for Gay Marriage among the DC [...]
More »Meet Our Latest Museum
Freelon Adjaye Bond 2, courtesy of afagen Earlier today, WaPo broke the news regarding the newest – and last – Smithsonian museum to be built on the National Mall. The winning design (see the above photo) for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture belongs to the architectural team from Freelon Adjaye [...]
More »Mars Vehicle on the Mall!
I have no idea how I missed this. But, yesterday, you might’ve seen the Mars Capsule, the Orion, on the Mall over near Air & Space. It’s pretty similar to some of the gear we’ve seen before now, specifically dating back to the Apollo era, but it’s still pretty freaking cool. It seats six, or [...]
More »We Love Arts: Pride Before Fall
Two current exhibits at the National Gallery of Art are at first glance dissimilar. “Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age,” is a tightly restrained showcase of the grand Dutch Republic’s view of its cities and public spaces, using cartographic metaphor to show a mighty macrocosm at its seventeenth century height. “Looking In: [...]
More »Inaugupocalypse: Staying Warm on the Mall
” courtesy of ‘erin m’ Bringing you the first-hand report of how to keep warm while at Inaugural festivities is friend-of-WLDC Lisa King, local adventurer and accomplished funmonger. Now that I’m home and warm again after the We Are One concert on the National Mall yesterday, I have a few tips to share with anyone [...]
More »Smiles Abound Pre-Concert
At mid day, I ventured downtown near the White House, and was surprised to experience a pleasant drive despite the 2pm We Are One concert. The streets were well manned with DC police officers and additional crowd support units. Even navigating Farragut Square, aka “The Vortex of Doom” was easy and delayless. Another pleasantry was [...]
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